Why should you care about January 9, 2012? The AMD Radeon HD 7900 series launches then, that's why

Quick nugget here, AMD's Radeon HD 7000 series are set to launch on January 9, 2012 according to reliable market sources that DonanimHaber spoke with.

AMD is expected to unveil two SKUs, the Radeon HD 7970 and Radeon HD 7950. This cards are based on AMD's new GCN, Graphics Core Next, and on a 28nm-based "Tahiti" silicon, which is a completely redesigned architecture.